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Contracts for Ontario's teachers and education workers expire this summer and their union leaders are calling on the education minister to start the bargaining process early.

Education Minister Paul Calandra released testing data at the end of last year after sitting on it for weeks to consider scores he acknowledged were 'not good enough.'

Doug Ford announced the idea in a social media post on Wednesday evening, saying he had told Education Minister Paul Calandra to work out how schools could make it possible.

Education Minister Paul Calandra has put eight school boards under supervision over the past year, sidelining trustees at some of the province's largest school boards.

Changes to how new teachers in Ontario are certified are set to be announced next year and will entail a larger practical component, the education minister is signalling.

The Ministry of Education suggested in a statement that some parents had struggled with digital report cards, which generally need to be downloaded using a password.

The Ford government confirmed that the Peel District School Board would be under provincial supervision, a move that has sidelined trustees and replaced them with an appointee.

Beginning in September, teachers will be able to use the money to buy writing supplies, calculators, chalk, art, crafts and tissues, among other classroom supplies. 

Minister Todd McCarthy confirmed this week he would amalgamate the province's 36 conservation authorities into just nine, something he aims to achieve in the next year.

The province announced the changes at an event on Tuesday, marking a minor shift from a previous plan to reduce the number of conservation authorities down to just seven.

Over just five days in the north, the Chiefs of Ontario said there were five serious incidents on northern highways, which they say uniquely impact their communities.

The Ontario Public School Board Association said it's listening to public comments made by Doug Ford about whether he wants to eliminate trustees, without receiving official word.

Targets, such as opening dates for transit lines and GHG emissions, have been removed from scrutiny, while a housing tracker set up a few years ago displays data from 2024.

The news comes a little over a month after Peel District School Board was put under supervision and York Catholic District School Board was told it could be next.

Speculation has percolated about the future of trustees for close to a year as Education Minister Paul Calandra embarks on a mission to reform how school boards operate.

Post-secondary institutions will be allowed to increase their tuition fees by two per cent per year for three years, before switching to an inflation-informed increase after that.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford saw his attempts to stop his cellphone records being partially released blocked by a panel of judges. Critics say he's changing the law as a result.

If the Liberal government wins two Ontario ridings and the Terrebonne riding in Quebec in byelections scheduled for April 13, they will be in razor-thin majority territory.

A bill from B.C. MP Dan Albas, whose riding includes the Okanagan wine region, would remove restrictions on Canada Post for interprovincial shipments of alcohol to consumers.

An Ontario government appointee has resigned as chair of Niagara Region after allegations surfaced that he owned a copy of Adolf Hitler’s "Mein Kampf."